Holder for overshoes.



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PATNTED 0612,15, 1907i (enumeran, D.

N. P. JENSEN. HOLDER FOR OVERSHOES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 5, 190B I. witnesses NIELS PIHL JENSEN, OE EPHRAIM, UTAH.

HOLDER FOR OVERSHOES:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed May 5, 1906. Serial No. 315,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NnLs PIHL JENSEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ephraim, in the county of Sanpete and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for Overshoes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved holder designed for removable connection to a shoe and to an overshoe, whereby the overshoe is prevented from accidental separation from the shoe propel'.

The main object of the invention is the production of a holder which may be readily connected with the overshoe and with the shoe proper, the construction providing for an adjustment of the holder whereby to accommodate the same for use with different sized shoes and overshoes.

The invention will be described in detail in the fol lowing specification, wherein reference is had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a partial elevation of a shoe and overshoe,

. illustrating particularly the application of my improved holder thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of a portion of the holder, illustrating the adjustability of the same,

Referring to the drawings my improved holder comprises a clasp member l., a hook member 2, and a flexibleiconnection 3, the latter being designed for adjustable connection with the hook member in a manner to be later described.

The clasp member is designed for more or less permanent attachment to the upper edge of the rear portion of the overshoe, and while preferring a clasp constructed as shown, I contemplate the use of any form of clasp which may serve to engage the overshoe and afford a securing medium for one end of the flexible connection. In the form shown' the clasp comprises clamping members 4 and 5 arranged for pivotal connection at 6, and a clamping lever 7 designed when in vinoperative position, to permit relative movement of the clamping members, and when in operative position, as shown in Fig. l, to secure said clamping members in fixed clamping relation.

One end of the clamping member 5 of the clasp is formed with an opening 8 to receive a link as 9, of the flexible connection 3, it being understood that said connection is preferably in the form of a chain made up of a series of links.

The hook member 2 is preferably of the double hook type, being constructed of a single strip of material ter- 5-0 minally bent to provide a hook l0 at one end, said latter hook opening downward in the normal position of the member. The opposite end of the strip is reduced in width at 1l and bent upwardly to provide a hook 12, the free end of which is enlarged, preferably in circular form to provide a head 13. The hook strip 10 is practically the full length of the hook member, being slightly flared at the lower or free end, while the hook strip I2 is somewhat less in length than the hook member.

The openings in the links l9 of the chain connection are approximately rectangular in form being smaller however, in any dimension than thediameter of the head 13. The strip forming the hook member, with the exception of the head 13, will readily pass through f the opening 14 in the links when the latter is disposed in a particular obvious relation to the strip. By this means the upper link of the chain connection is caused to engage the hook l2 of the hook member, by passing said link over the hook strip 10, and down the body of the strip to the hook l2. In this position the clasp l is pendent from the hook member through the medium of the chain connection 3.

In use the clasp is engaged with the upper edge of the overshoe, preferably adjacent the heel portion thereof, while the hook 10 of the hook member engagesl over the upper edge of the shoe-upper, the flexible connection 3 being ofV such length as to maintain a cemparatively tight connection between the hook member and clasp member. Should it be desired to adjust the I length of the flexible connection, asin the case of different sized shoes, the flexible connection is disengaged from the hook member and the second or other link in said connection is utilized as the engaging link, thereby reducing the length of the connection to suit the particular requirements.l As the headl 13 of the hook member l2 will not permit passage thereover of the links of'the flexible connection, it is obvious that disengagement of the parts is impossible, and owing' to the relative length of the hook strip l0 the holder then in place will effectively prevent accidental separation of the overshoe from the shoe proper.

The holder is readily adapted for use with any variety of shoev or overshoe, as the connection 3 may be varied in length to suit the particular distance between' the edge of the shoe-upper and the overshoe. The holder maybe quickly applied for use and readily disengaged when not desired.

-Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

` Witnesses JAMES P. CHRISTENSEN, ELVIRA SORENSEN. 

